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Surveying Instrument.
Patent for new and improved surveying instrument for use "in calculating the distance between the point of 'setting up' and the target, without the use of the usual linear chain" (lines 12-15). Illustration and instruction included.
Date:
March 7, 1916
Creator:
Adams, J. S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel
Patent for vehicle wheels/tires and meant to improve upon current models that contain too many operating parts. Patent also contains improvements in performance of tires relating to expansion and contraction of the tires due to temperature.
Date:
January 7, 1919
Creator:
Allan, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Scissors or Shears.
Patent for scissors or shears which open automatically due to a central, coiled spring.
Date:
November 7, 1911
Creator:
Allison, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sleeping-Car
Patent for a railroad sleeping car with an improved mechanism for folding the seats into beds.
Date:
February 7, 1911
Creator:
Anson, Warren J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Doll.
Patent for a doll that will be durable and attractive by constructing a rigid form of the human bust and shoulders which serves to make these parts more durable, including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
May 7, 1912
Creator:
Baker, Marie K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Solidifying Cotton-Batting Preparatory for Pressing and Baling
Patent for an apparatus for forming cotton batting into dense rolls to prepare them for bailing and pressing. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 7, 1912
Creator:
Banister, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Fastening Device
Patent for a rail fastening device that can be used on various materials and does not require the use of bolts or screws.
Date:
March 7, 1911
Creator:
Bergen, James V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Projecting-Machine.
Patent for improvements to a projector that relate to advertising. The inventor references adjustments to a previous patent, No. 1069521 from August 5, 1913. Adjustments include making the device more accurate and reliable, and to adapt it to be able to display opaque surfaces, postcards, and other printed items during any time of day. Additionally, the revoluble slide magazine has a mechanism that allows it to operate continuously without assistance from the operator.
Date:
October 7, 1919
Creator:
Bernard, Oscar C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Nut-Locks" (lines 5-6). "This invention relates to improvements in nut locks. The principal object of the invention is to provide a novel and efficient device for locking a nut on the end of an axle shaft or the like" (lines 12-17).
Date:
December 7, 1915
Creator:
Best, Eben
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Rat and Mouse Trap.
Patent for a cheaper and more effective trap that displays live bait but is unreachable to animals. The trap will make it "impossible for animals to escape after they have been captured" (lines 26-28), including illustrations.
Date:
March 7, 1916
Creator:
Bevers, William S., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaning and Extracting Machine.
Patent for a new, efficient machine, with a double purpose: "to clean hand-picked cotton and better prepare it for the ginning operation" (lines 11-13) and to extract cotton "from unripe and closed bolls" (lines 14-15).
Date:
March 7, 1916
Creator:
Blackmon, Enoch J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Train-Stopping Apparatus
Patent for the improvement of train stopping apparatuses, includes illustration.
Date:
December 7, 1915
Creator:
Bock, Victor E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Engine
Patent for internal combustion engine.
Date:
November 7, 1916
Creator:
Box, Walter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vending-Wagon
Patent for a wagon used for selling and distributing goods. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 7, 1910
Creator:
Boyle, Dad
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oxygen-Generator
Patent for an oxygen generator that refills as it is emptied.
Date:
February 7, 1911
Creator:
Bradley, Richard Clinton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harness.
Patent for a new, reinforced harness made of rubber, a metal chain, and leather, including illustrations.
Date:
May 7, 1918
Creator:
Brecheen, Samuel H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bench Clamp
Patent for bench clamp.
Date:
November 7, 1916
Creator:
Briles, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Clamp.
Patent for a pipe grip that is formed out of two bars with two gripping surfaces forming two mechanical jaws.
Date:
September 7, 1915
Creator:
Brown, Milo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fly-Trap.
Patent for an improvement to fly traps in which the flies are attracted by a sweet smelling substance down a funnel into the substance from which they are unable to escape. The flies either drown in the substance or are poisoned.
Date:
July 7, 1914
Creator:
Brown, Thomas E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Packing-Ring.
Patent for packing rings featuring inner and outer rings that are transversely divided, with respective rings functioning in a unified manner, preventing independent rotative movement.
Date:
April 7, 1914
Creator:
Bryant, Clarence R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter.
Patent for a stalk-cutter that employs rotating breaking members to uproot the stalk and cut it rather than simply cutting the stalk and leaving the roots underground.
Date:
November 7, 1911
Creator:
Buchanan, Amos. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Train Stop
Patent for train signal to indicate it will stop.
Date:
November 7, 1916
Creator:
Bulla, Melbern B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Train Stop
Patent for Automatic Train-stop
Date:
November 7, 1916
Creator:
Bulla, Melbern B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cab-Signal and Automatic Stop
Patent for a cab-signal and automatic stop that "relates to railway safety appliances and has particular reference to signals carried preferably within the locomotive cab." (lines 9-12) includes instruction and illustrations.
Date:
November 7, 1916
Creator:
Bulla, Melbern Bernie
System:
The Portal to Texas History